Letters

To the Editor: The Old Fashioned Trading Days Board of Directors would like to sincerely thank all those that played a role in making Old Fashioned Trading Days possible and successful this year! Thank you to the City of Williamsburg and thank you to the Whitley County Fiscal Court. Thank You to the City and County crews that did a spectacular job in maintaining such an inviting and clean environment. Thank you to the city Police and their presence for helping maintain a safe environment for all our festival goers. Thank you to our night security and additional building facility workers. Thank you to our corporate sponsors. Thank you to our...

To the Editor: A few weeks ago, I launched my fishing boat at the Old Noe’s Dock in Lake Cumberland. For 80 years, I’ve enjoyed the beautiful sights and surroundings. Not this day. Immediately after taking the first turn, I saw garbage covering the water from one bank to the other. Hoping this was a one time occurrence, I continued on towards Rockcastle, or London Dock ramp. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I had to stop, turn around, and take the boat out of the water. The amount of trash littering the lake was not only appalling, but my boat couldn’t make it through the debris safely....

To the Editor: On some anniversaries we celebrate. On others we reflect. The 18th Anniversary of the attack on America and New York’s World Trade Center is one of the times for reflection. There is-truly nothing to celebrate in the extraordinary tragedy of 9/11. As much as I would like to forget some of them, the images from that day will never be out of my mind, nor will the victims and their families. But there is one memory I want to hold on to, one that I want to cherish as the deepest and most lasting of September 11, 2001. It is the memory of the heroism and selflessness demonstrated by law...

To the Editor: My name is Zoe Dennhardt and I will be working with Grace Moses on our periodic letters to the editor. These letters will update the community about racial justice work in the area. While Grace is focused on the broad mission and function of the Corbin Racial Justice Initiative, I am working on a smaller project recording oral histories of African Americans in southeastern Kentucky. I am a senior African and African-American Studies major at Berea College from Dayton, Ohio, specifically interested in archival work — especially genealogies and family histories. I am partnering with the University of Kentucky’s Special Collections Archives and the UKY Appalachian Center this...

To the Editor: Concentration camp is the proper term to describe the separation of children from their parents, the detention of children in cages, the detention of adults behind wire fences or in overcrowded, unsanitary detention centers, especially since children are dying in the custody of our government. The concentration camps of Germany began on a small scale with immigrant Jewish people, looking for a better life, other non-Aryans, Catholics and whomever was considered “undesirable.” Once the Nazis got away with that phase of the early concentration camps, with little public outcry, they began to detain Jewish and other non-Aryan citizens in Germany and in the early occupied territories. No one...

To the Editor: Concentration camps. These words come so easily today from people who are opposed to our country’s policies and our President. To me, these vile words conjure up the World War II Holocaust and the millions of people Hitler’s German henchman massacred. This phrase does not have anything to do with the illegal immigrant situation we currently face, and the holding areas on our southern border, or our President. Anyone who equates this phrase with them or him is just as ignorant as someone who believes that the horrid World War II race exterminations that occurred years ago in Europe, are happening here in our country. By continuing to...

To the Editor: Happy Days are here again! Judges Mitchell, Westerfield and White, we appreciate the fine help you and your magistrates have provided to senior citizens from Knox, Laurel, and Whitley Counties who use the Corbin Senior Citizens Center. This was a real team effort to help our Seniors. Teamwork and dedication can make the world better for others. The Ossoli Club made a huge impact with their special gift of $8,000 that Diane Mitchell delivered to Senior Citizens Center Director Beverly Faulkner, and the Senior Citizens Board, recently. The seniors who use the Corbin Senior Citizens Center are fine people and they appreciate the way people have joined together...

To the Editor: I just read Teresa Brook’s column in the May 15 News Journal paper, and it brought tears to my eyes. We had a similar experience when my grandson was born, and I (even as a grandma) can imagine exactly how that must’ve been for her. Thank God for her miracle (and ours too). I enjoy Teresa’s column so much and always get excited when I see her byline. Keep up the great work! Karen Askins Williamsburg

To the Editor: I have been a resident of Corbin for more than 40 years. I pay my city taxes. I have never asked the city for anything. However, my home is off Sanderlin Drive, so I must drive it several times almost every day. It is a dangerous road that connects Fifth Street to Barton Mill and it is heavily traveled. There have been numerous serious accidents on the road, including at least one fatality, of a City Commissioner. After the fatality, speed bumps were put in for a short period of time and the road had a stripe down the middle. The city, in its infinite wisdom, removed the...

To the Editor: The Corbin Kiwanis Club has established priorities to help improve the quality of life for our people. The Annual Chili Supper is a key part of our fundraising effort to support scholarships for Corbin and Lynn Camp High School Students each year. Students apply each spring and at least five students each year receive some tuition support. Many of these winning students select our area colleges such as the University of the Cumberlands, Union, EKU, and our Community Colleges. The chili supper will happen this year on March 8, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the new Corbin Middle School. Corbin Kiwanis also is dedicated on assisting our...